Brain Health: Lifestyle Approaches and Microbiome Contributions

The Brain Health: Lifestyle Approaches and Microbiome Contributions program seeks to increase the number of Canadians maintaining better brain health throughout their lives.  

Goal: To accelerate the development of lifestyle approaches and an understanding of the contributions of the microbiome in maintaining optimal brain health.

Funding Available: Up to $1.5 million per project over up to 3 years.

Project Eligibility:

  1. Research Questions: Hypothesis-based investigations that both help to accelerate the development of lifestyle approaches that positively impact brain health, as well as the contributions of the microbiome to brain health.
  2. Implementation Initiatives: Approaches to address operational questions and/or to put findings into practice toward the maintenance of optimal brain health.

Please feel free to contact the Wetson Foundation with any questions at brainhealth@westonfoundation.ca.

You can find more information on this new program by visiting our program page.

Agency Name: 
The Weston Foundation
Contact Name: 
oris@uleth.ca
Grant Amount: 
Up to $1.5 million per project over up to 3 years.
Grant Location: 
External
External Deadline: 
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Internal Deadline: 
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Grant Type: 
Research
Grant Area: 
Health
Natural Science
Industry
Other
Grant Eligibility: 
Faculty
Postdoc
Other